Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1321671

California Sister
Adelpha californica

Observation date: September 03, 2012
Date notes: Date and time may not be exactly accurate give or take 2 days during daytime
Submitted by: yhelfman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: perched on sunny area of redwood forest floor
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: March 31, 2022
Coordinator notes: Time of day and weather is usually not important unless you see something really odd, butterflies flying in cloudbursts, snow storms of digging themselves underground when the sun goes behind a clouds. I have seen all of those!...Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Santa Cruz County